My family originates from Poland,
from that unfortunate location, in Europe, which my forefathers had chosen to
abide between Russia and Germany, the two countries not known for their
particularly pacifistic convictions. History offers ample evidence that the choice
of the location was not wise. It’s like being between the rock and the hard
place. Still, my forefathers and subsequent generations, survived.
Nevertheless, there is a reality, obvious to everyone with
the exception of the few abiding in Washington DC, which they, the
Washingtonians, seem completely unable to understand. There is one country that
suffered more under the Soviet occupation than the country of my origin. With
exception of senior party members, (as are the senators and members of parliament
in the West today), the most oppressed, and oppressed for the longest time,
were the Russian people themselves.
And now, after they finally liberated themselves from long
history of autocratic Tsars, then the demagogical First Secretaries of the
Communist Party, they began the long journey towards individual freedoms.
And Washingtonians, rather then help them, they, in abject
fear of economical let alone military competition, impose reputedly ineffective
sanctions, which make sense only to people obsessed with greed and the pursuit
of more money and/or power.
I am NOT a politician. After all, a politician is a
man/women who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you are looking
forward to the trip. I don’t believe in hell—except for hell of your own
making. Except for hell in which you imagine that the whole world is against
you; that you must dominate the world or die; that you have the sole monopoly
on truth, even the worldly, dualistic sort of truth.
That, indeed, would be hell.
This is not what Thomas Jefferson had in mind when he
asserted individual right to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. He
did not limit this illustrious trio of rights only to the American people. “We,
the People,” were to serve as a shining example for whole world to
emulate. Perhaps to reach their
own similar aspirations. Not to impose their, by now heavily distorted, ideas
on others by military might. Such behaviour is no longer acceptable even in
Russia. Perhaps we should help those in Washington, to remember their original
dream? And help those in Russia in their pursuits and in the fulfillment of
their dreams?
I love the principles on which the American Dream was built.
I hope everyone will work to preserve it—even those in Washington.
Everyone.
There is more on the subject in my collection of essays, Beyond Religion III. You’ll find it in Essay #50, Manipulators. You might find other essays interesting, too.
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